Latest Public Entities Headlines
All the headlines from our Public Entities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: BHSI Promotes Meyer to Head of Product Liability, North America; Forte Named President of Berkley Public Entity
Oct 3 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has promoted Angela Meyer to head of Product Liability in North America. She was previously head of Life Sciences in North America. Meyer joined BHSI in 2014 as...
People Moves: Robinson Named CEO of Optio; Bogardus Becomes Chief Executive of Everest Re Singapore; Pen Underwriting Promotes Simmonds in Public Sector Division
Feb 27 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Optio Group, Everest Re, and the MGA Pen Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Robinson Named CEO of Optio Group Optio Group, the...
OSHA Approves Massachusetts Public Sector Worker Safety Plan
Aug 30 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently granted Massachusetts initial approval for a state-run safety and health plan for state and local government workers. The...
New York Begins $30M Program to Help Municipalities Boost Cybersecurity Efforts
Jul 26 2022 // New York State is beginning a $30 million shared services program designed to assist counties with cybersecurity for government systems across the state, including tools to protect against ransomware attacks. In the...
Massachusetts OSHA Plan for Public Sector Gets Initial Federal Nod
Jun 29 2022 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has given preliminary approval to a new occupational safety and health plan for Massachusetts state and local employers and their employees. If given final...
People Moves: Former Pool Re CEO Enoizi Named Carpenter’s Head of Public Sector; AGCS Hires BHSI’s Maxwell as Global Head of Financial Lines
Mar 31 2022 // This edition of Internation People Moves details appointments at Guy Carpenter and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. A summary of these new hires follows here. Former Pool Re CEO Enoizi Named Carpenter’s Head...
States, Municipalities Have 30 Days to Weigh $26B Opioid Deal with Major Drug Firms
Jul 22 2021 // A group of state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark $26 billion settlement with large drug companies for allegedly fueling the deadly nationwide opioid epidemic, but the deal still requires support from...
Canadian Municipalities Face Surging Liability Insurance Costs
Jul 13 2021 // TORONTO – Canadian municipalities reeling from a pandemic-driven hit to revenues are facing an added blow from surging liability insurance costs, forcing them to raise property taxes or even cut services for...
After the Storm: Disaster Plans and Backups a Must for Public Entities
Apr 15 2021 // Even the best laid plans can go awry in a disaster. For example, when Winter Storm Uri plunged into Texas in mid-February with unprecedented extreme low temperatures, and snow and ice that lingered for far too long, even...
Marsh Appoints Aon’s Bryant as U.S. Public Entity Industry Practice Leader
Mar 8 2021 // Kevin Bryant Marsh has added Kevin Bryant to lead its National Public Entity Industry Practice. In this role, Bryant will work with state and local government and not-for-profit clients across the U.S., offering public...
Pandemic Amplified Security Gaps for Public Sector Cyber Officials
Oct 19 2020 // While the pandemic has highlighted the resilience of public sector cyber officials, it has also called attention to chronic challenges facing state information technology organizations including securing adequate budgets...
Can a Governmental Entity Be Liable for Tort Claims? It Depends.
Jun 1 2020 // Everyone needs insurance. My entrance into the insurance world taught me that. The first place I worked in insurance specialized in providing insurance to fire departments and ambulance companies. Municipalities and their...
Public Entity Specialist Patterson Joins Alliant Insurance in Dallas
Feb 13 2020 // Carleen Patterson has joined Alliant Insurance Services in Dallas as first vice president, practice leader within the company’s Public Entity Group. Patterson is regarded for her property/casualty expertise for large...
Guy Carpenter, MGA Victor to Offer Coverage to U.S. Public Entity Pools
Dec 11 2019 // Managing General Underwriter Victor is now offering Guy Carpenter clients who are members of U.S. public entity insurance pools a range of property and casualty insurance products not traditionally offered by the...
Sutton Joins RHSB’s Public Entities Practice Group in Texas
Dec 5 2019 // Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) has added Cathilina Sutton to its Public Entities Practice Group. She will be serving as a senior account manager working closely with Allison Nixon, vice president, and...
Board of Iowa Public Entities Insurance Pool Criticized for Out-of-State Travel, Expenses
Sep 18 2019 // Board members of an Iowa government insurance program have frequently held public meetings at posh out-of-state resorts, costing tens of thousands of dollars while making it harder for the public to attend, a review by The...
Liberty Mutual Names Chief Underwriting Officers for Excess Casualty and Public Entities
Aug 22 2019 // Liberty Mutual has appointed Jon Tellekamp as chief underwriting officer for National Insurance – Excess Casualty, and Doug Manwaring as chief underwriting officer of National Insurance – Public Entities and...
Alliant Adds Madej in Chicago as Sr. VP, Public Entity
Aug 9 2019 // Newport Beach, California-based Alliant Insurance Services has hired Dan Madej in Chicago to serve as senior vice president, Public Entity. Madej will serve as the practice leader for the Public Entity Analytics Practice,...
Judge Leans in Favor of Broad Opioid Settlement Opposed by Municipalities, Drug Firms
Aug 7 2019 // A federal judge on Tuesday expressed support for a novel plan by lawyers representing cities and counties suing drug companies over the U.S. opioid epidemic that would bring every community nationally into their settlement...
Municipalities Try to Reassure Investors on Climate Risks in Bond Offerings
Apr 23 2019 // When Miami Beach borrowed $162 million from Wall Street this week, it wanted investors to know rising seas and extreme weather are a real risk to the city and that it’s doing something about it. An increasing number...
